Jazz

Remember the Sun

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2011 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans I am a sucker for certain mid-1960’s music. The Beatles, of course, Burt Bacharach, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and much of the movie music of the time, like Henry Mancini’s and European (mostly French and Italian) film scores by composers like Michel Legrand to Francis Lai […]

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Nuages

(Composed by DJANGO REINHARDT) Solo guitar-reynold On May 17, 2008 I did a live performance/radio broadcast for WFMU from a small club called Barbes in Brooklyn, NY. I did two songs (the other song being my tune “Sans Souci”). I did this tune at the show’s close and was told I had exactly three minutes. That is why this performance

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July

(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2000 Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Guitars, bass-ReynoldPercussion-John (J.R.) HammondViolins-Karen Dahl, David Haugen I have recorded a few versions of this song including vocal and solo guitar. This is the original recorded more than 20 years ago. I still play this song on gigs (when there are gigs.) This is the truest to the original influence which

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Spaghetti Western

“Spaghetti Western”(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 1993 re-released and mastered 2012) Reynold-lots of guitars, bass, knee slap horse hooves, wooden “train flute”, whoops and hollersRecording engineer-Stymie Seamans (and some “whoops and hollers”) I went through quite a protracted period where I wanted to make multi-track recordings of original pieces and perform all the parts by myself. Todd

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Dark Eyes

(Traditional) This is literally the first song I ever learned on guitar when I was ten years old. In fact, the reason I still play the piece in E minor (it is normally done in D minor) is because E minor is the original key I learned it in. The original Russian title of the song was “Ochi Chernye” which

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Makin’ Whoopee

Guitar, vocal, arrangement – ReynoldBass – Matt SenjemHarmony Flutes – Al Asmus I rarely record “cover songs.” I did cover this old chestnut because I wanted to create a sort of “chamber” arrangement that could “imply” a larger orchestration.Hope this brightens your week. Be well.Reyn https://youtu.be/FNxT41ScntE https://youtu.be/FNxT41ScntE

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